Hi, In addtion to my bug report from Mon Dec 15 15:53:31 GMT 2025
- https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin/2025-December/259133.html ( Bug in id command (when using the descr schema - Ch3 UG) ? ) Miscellaneous notes from an user ... as he rebuilt cygwin1.dll against the 3.6.6 nranch: 1. verified Corinna's patchset [a] against the 3.6.6 branch (git --checkout cygwin-3.6.-branch) 2. build w/ (among other switches) --disable-cygserver --disable-utils ... as I only wanted to rebuild cygwin1.dll - cygwin.cygport was modified as follows: PKG_NAMES="cygwin" BUILD_REQUIRES="autoconf automake cocom libiconv-devel gcc-g++ make patch perl" CYGCONF_ARGS="--disable-silent-rules --without-cross-bootstrap --disable-cygserver --disable-doc --disable-dumper --disable-utils" subsequenly corrected to: CYGCONF_ARGS="--disable-silent-rules --with-cross-bootstrap --disable-cygserver --disable-doc --disable-dumper --disable-utils" - build FAILED because Radek Bartoň's patch [1] has NOT been backported to the 3.6.6 branch (pushed to 3.7 only) - my 2nd attempt after Radek's patchset (3) had been applied: - testsuite/mingw is STILL being built, despite specifying --without-cross-bootstrap (i.e. the WRONG switch!) 3. --without-cross-bootstrap [2] should be --with-cross-bootstrap -- in case we only want to rebuild cygwin1.dll (FAQ 6.21 is wrong) Proof below. 4. Radek Bartoň 2nd patch [3] is wrong -- note: patch was not approved (neither was it pushed to the central repo) Although if test "x$with_cross_bootstrap" != "xyes"; then hunt for the mingw tools; fi ... is correct, this modification is far better to understand: if test "x$with_cross_bootstrap" == "xno"; then hunt for the mingw tools; fi Ditto AM_CONDITIONAL(CROSS_BOOTSTRAP, [test "x$with_cross_bootstrap" != "xyes"]) See below. ----- [a] - https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin-patches/2025q4/014481.html ... reviewed by Takashi Yano, pushed (3.7) by Corinna ( [PATCH v2 0/4] Fix overriding primary group ) (it would be nice if this patchset is backported to the 3.6.6 branch) [1] Radek's 1st patchset - https://sourceware.org/pipermail/cygwin-patches/2025q3/014175.html ... reviewd by Jon T., pushed (3.7) by Jon ( [PATCH v4] Cygwin: configure: add possibility to skip build of cygserver and utils ) Mon Jul 21 07:40:37 GMT 2025 (it would be nice if this patchset is backported to the 3.6.6 branch) [2] Corinna's patch from February 1, 2024 (aq.programming.building-cygwin 6.21) - https://cygwin.com/cgit/cygwin-htdocs/commit/faq/faq.html?id=9d693eea564ec608569c2f5d78536827e99f1661 ( Cygwin 3.5.0 release ) 2024-02-01 12:29:28 +0100 (should be corrected) [3] Radek's 2nd patch - https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin-patches/2025q3/014248.html ( [PATCH] Cygwin: configure: allow zero-level bootstrapping cross-build with --without-cross-bootstrap (and cross-testing without) ) Fri Jul 25 21:40:40 GMT 2025 ----- Ad 2. Proof why using --without-cross-bootstrap is WRONG if one does NOT want the mingw tools to be invoked ... Source: https://autotools.info/autoconf/arguments.html See <newlib-cygwin>/winsup/configure.ac ... around line 45 cat configure.ac: (testfile) AC_INIT([myproject], [123], [[email protected]], [https://autotools.io/]) AC_ARG_WITH([cross-bootstrap], [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-cross-bootstrap], # <==== WITH !!! [do not build programs using the MinGW toolchain or check for MinGW libraries (useful for bootstrapping a cross-compiler)])], [], [with_cross_bootstrap=no]) echo $with_cross_bootstrap #= eof 64-@@ ./configure --version autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.72 ... 64-@@ rm -fr autom4te.cache configure 64-@@ autoconf /usr/share/autoconf2.7/autoconf/trailer.m4:4: warning: AC_OUTPUT was never used 64-@@ ./configure no 64-@@ ./configure -with-cross-bootstrap yes 64-@@ ./configure -with-cross-bootstrap=no no 64-@@ ./configure -without-cross-bootstrap no 64-@@ ./configure -without-cross-bootstrap=yes configure: error: invalid package name: 'cross-bootstrap=yes' 64-@@ ./configure -without-cross-bootstrap=no configure: error: invalid package name: 'cross-bootstrap=no' Summarized: switch variable - no switch => with_... = no - --with- => with_... = yes - --without- => with_... = no ----- Ad 3. Radek's 2nd patch, w.r.t. to winsup/configure.ac, is WRONG. Source: (again) https://autotools.info/autoconf/arguments.html winsup/configure.ac ... around line 43 AC_ARG_WITH([cross_bootstrap], [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-cross-bootstrap], do not use the mingw tools ... [], [with_cross_bootstrap=no]) <==== if no switch is specified (i.e. the default), this value is assigned Note: a. no switch specified => with_cross_bootstrap=no b. --with-cross-bootstrap => with_cross_bootstrap=yes c. --without-cross-bootstrap => with_cross_bootstrap=no (i.e. recognized as the inverted switch) Attention: d. --with-cross-bootstrap=no => with_cross_bootstrap=no e. --with-cross-bootstrap=yes => with_cross_bootstrap=yes winsup/configure.ac ... around line 116 Replace if test "x$with_cross_bootstrap" != "xyes"; then By: if test "x$with_cross_bootstrap" == "xno"; then <==== far better to understand < check availability of x86_64--w64-mingw32-{gcc,g++}, stop if not found > fi Replace AM_CONDITIONAL(CROSS_BOOTSTRAP, [test "x$with_cross_bootstrap" != "xyes"]) # returns true if --with-cross-bootstrap has been specified By: AM_CONDITIONAL(CROSS_BOOTSTRAP, [test "x$with_cross_bootstrap" == "xno"]) <==== far better to understand --with_cross_bootstrap=yes (winsup/configure.ac) => CROSS_BOOTSTRAP_TRUE='#' (src/winsup/configure) => @CROSS_BOOTSTRAP_TRUE@SUBDIRS = mingw (src/winsup/testsuite/Makefile.in), i.e. @SUBDIRS = mingw will be ignored => if CROSS_BOOTSTRAP SUBDIR = mingw endif (src/winsup/testsuite/Makefile.in), i.e. SUBDIR = mingw will be ignored (the same applies to src/winsup/utils/Makefile.{am,in} ) As an alternative, the option name should be renamed if "cross-bootstrap" creates confusion: AC_ARG_WITH([skip-mingw], [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-skip-mingw], do not use the mingw tools ... [], [with_skip_mingw=no]) <==== if no switch is specified (i.e. the default) ... or if --without-skip-mingw is specified if test "x$with_skip_mingw" != "xyes"; then hunt for the mingw tools fi ===== -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
